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On Feb 5, with Brandon Vreeland videotaping, James Baker walked into a Dearborn, MI Police station wearing a ski mask, flak jacket and two visible guns.

They were angry that they were pulled over earlier in the day and wanted to “file a complaint”.

They believed they were being smart and just exercising their second amendment rights, which as far as I can tell, they were.

But the part of this story that gets lost is not the actions of these two “patriots”, but the completely sane [by being insane] reaction of the police.

You could argue the cops were so hyped because of the ski mask, but I’ll bet it had more to do with the loaded weapon of destruction slung across Baker’s chest and the loaded Glock 19 holstered on his hip.

Those two devices took the situation from a 1 or 2, instantly up to an 11.

But since Mo Guns, Mo Safety wouldn’t bringing two more firearms into the mix make the Police station a safer, more secure place to be?

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“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” Amendment II: United States Constitution Ratified December 15, 1791

The 2nd Amendment is obviously a very heated topic.

But there are a bunch of actual facts [vs. alternative ones] we can hopefully agree on that could help provide a framework:

The founders [mostly James Madison] were extremely deliberate in writing the Bill of Rights. [A total of 462 words]

The 2nd Amendment is wholly about the right to keep [own] and bear [carry] arms [guns].

The founders believed arms warranted their own Amendment.

The founders chose to make it the 2nd Amendment. [Right behind freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of assembly and freedom of the press.]

The founders were insanely discerning about every. single. word. written into the 2nd Amendment. [27 words]

The founders used a precious two of those words on “well”, and “regulated”.

The word “regulated” [or any of it’s derivatives] appears no where else in the Bill of Rights.

The words “well regulated” are found no where else in any Amendment to the Constitution.

The word “Militia” is restrictive. [However broadly interpreted, it most certainly cannot mean “everyone”. “Militia” describes a sub-group of the whole. Otherwise it would prove superfluous.]

The immortal 27-word sentence is bordering on nonsensical, but I do think it’s fair to conclude two general principles:

One, the founders of the United States intended for guns to be legal.

And two, the founders of the United States intended for guns to be regulated. well.

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Since November 8th there has been a flood of ink written about what “went wrong”?

The Russians

James “Fucking” Comey!

Gary “Fucking” Johnson!

Main stream media

Hillary stunk

Her campaign stunk

Her party stunk

Social Media

Fake News

Email Servers

Wikileaks

Most of these have merit and should definitely be analyzed further.

But none of them were responsible for the election of Donald Trump.

This one’s on U.S.

Every American, whomever you voted for.

At the individual level, it’s hard to believe that people who voted Trump did so because they lacked enough accurate information about him. That they were somehow duped.

This was an unambiguous vote “for” or “against” Donald Trump. The lines were crystal clear.

As a grateful citizen and beneficiary of the greatest country to ever grace planet Earth, I believe I have a duty to make sure it stays that way.

If prior to the election every one of the 73,648,823 voters who voted “against” stood up to their family, friends and colleagues, vociferously extolling “This is not Ok”, the outcome would have been different.

I most certainly did not do enough.

I take responsibility for the election of Donald J. Trump to be the 45th President of the United States of America.

I take responsibility today. And you can be sure I am taking responsibility throughout the next 4 years.